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Not to be confused with Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

In its present form, the consitutency was established as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, replacing Edinburgh East. It is being contested for the first time at the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[1]

The constituency had previously existed from 1997 to 2005. In 1999, a Scottish Parliament constituency was created with the same name and boundaries and was used until 2011. See headnote above.

Boundaries

The constituency covers an eastern portion of the City of Edinburgh council area and most of the Musselburgh ward of the East Lothian council area. It is one of six constituencies covering the City of Edinburgh area, and one of two covering the East Lothian area. The constituency is predominantly urban.

When the original constituency was abolished for the 2005 general election, most of it was merged into the new Edinburgh East constituency. The rest of it, the Musselburgh area, was merged into the East Lothian constituency.[2]

Members of Parliament

Election Member [3] Party
1997 Gavin Strang Labour
2005 constituency abolished - see Edinburgh East

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Charles Dundas
Independent Jane Gould
Scottish Green Amanda Grimm
Conservative Marie-Clair Munro
Labour Chris Murray
SNP Tommy Sheppard
Reform UK Derek Winton
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gavin Strang 18,124 52.6 −1.0
SNP Rob Munn 5,956 17.3 −1.8
Liberal Democrats Gary Peacock 4,981 14.5 +3.8
Conservative Peter Finnie 3,906 11.3 −4.1
Scottish Socialist Derek Durkin 1,487 4.3 New
Majority 12,168 35.3 +0.8
Turnout 34,454 58.2 −12.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1997: Edinburgh East and Musselburgh[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gavin Strang 22,564 53.6
SNP Derrick White 8,034 19.1
Conservative Kenneth F. Ward 6,483 15.4
Liberal Democrats Callum I. MacKellar 4,511 10.7
Referendum James A. Sibbet 526 1.2
Majority 14,530 34.5
Turnout 42,118 70.6
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "2023 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland Final Recommendations laid before Parliament" (PDF). 28 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Fifth Periodical Review". Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
  4. ^ "UK Parliament Election 2024". 7 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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